Clinical trials

Clinical trials

Clinical trials are sets of tests performed for medical research and drug development which is used to extract safety and efficacy data.

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Community-based clinical trial (cbct)

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

A clinical trial conducted primarily through primary-care physicians rather than academic research facilities.

Compassionate use

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

A method of providing experimental therapeutics prior to final FDA approval for use in humans. This procedure is used with very sick individuals who have no other treatment options. Often, ...

Complementary and alternative therapy

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies that Western (conventional) medicine does not commonly use to promote well-being or treat health conditions. Examples include ...

Confidentiality regarding trial participants

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Refers to maintaining the confidentiality of trial participants including their personal identity and all personal medical information. The trial participants' consent to the use of records for data ...

Contraindication

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

A specific circumstance when the use of certain treatments could be harmful.

Control group

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

The standard by which experimental observations are evaluated. In many clinical trials, one group of patients will be given an experimental drug or treatment, while the control group is given either ...

Controlled trials

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Control is a standard against which experimental observations may be evaluated. In clinical trials, one group of participants is given an experimental drug, while another group (i.e., the control ...